MAEDA MATSUO 前田松夫

1893, Tara, Saga Prefecture — 1983, Tokyo

Japanese textile-industry employee and customs officer in Shanghai

Maeda Matsuo（前田松夫）was born in Tara, Saga Prefecture, Japan, in 1893. After studying in Tokyo and completing his military service, he spent several years in Manchuria and Korea before moving to Shanghai in 1921, where he lived and worked for more than two decades.

TARA, SAGA PREFECTURE

1893–

Maeda Matsuo was born in 1893 in Tara, Saga Prefecture, as the eldest son of a farming family.

He attended elementary school in Tara before leaving for Tokyo to continue his education.

TOKYO

Until c. 1916

Maeda attended middle school in Tokyo and later studied at Keio Gijuku University.

Around 1916, he left the university before completing his studies.

He subsequently completed his military service.

MANCHURIA AND KOREA

c. 1917–1921

Between approximately 1917 and 1921, Maeda appears to have spent time in Manchuria and Korea.

The precise chronology, places of residence and nature of his activities during this period have not yet been established.

SHANGHAI

1921–1945

1921

Maeda moved to Shanghai as an employee of the Dōkō Bōseki cotton-spinning mill.

Shanghai became his principal place of residence for the following two decades.

February 1929

Maeda Matsuo and Kimura Sada（木村サダ）married at the Shanghai Shrine.

November 1929

Their daughter, Toyoko, was born in Shanghai.

During the Sino-Japanese War

Maeda became a customs officer at the Port of Shanghai.

The precise date of his appointment and the circumstances of his employment remain to be established.

1941

His son, Tatsuo, was born in Shanghai.

SHANGHAI — KOREA — JAPAN

1945

Around the middle of 1945, the Maeda family left Shanghai and returned to Japan via Korea.

The precise route and circumstances of their departure remain under investigation.

SHIMANE PREFECTURE

After 1945

After returning to Japan, Maeda withdrew with his family to a mountain village in Shimane Prefecture, the home region of his wife, Kimura Sada.

He lived there during the postwar period.

TOKYO

1983

Maeda Matsuo died in 1983 at a clinic in Tokyo.